Lubricating-bearing for steam-turbines or the like.



G. L. BASGOME & 0 v. KERR. LUBRIUATING BEARING FOR STEAM TURBINES OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.25, 1907,

Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

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UNITED s AT s n rENr OEEIOE.

cEoRes L. BASCOME AND enARLEs v. KERR, OF wELLsv LLE, NEW YORK, iissioxoss To KERR TIJRRINE'OOMPANY; OF WELLSVILLE. NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

LUBRICATING-BEARING FOR STEAM-TURBTNES OR THE LIKE.

in Lubfloating-Bearings for Steam lurbines or the Like, of which the following is a specification. 1 v

The invention relates todubricatin bearings and particularly to that type of In ricating device wherein oil is fed to the bearing Of- E a rotary shaft by means of a ring loosely mounted thereon.

The Object of the invention is to provide an improvement of this character especially adapted for use with high speed shafts, as for example those of steam turbines. A

A further object is to provide a device which while simple and easily produced will be highly eflicient in Operation and very durable.

The invention consists first in a novel form of loose ring, second in an improved means for transferring the oil therefrom to the shaft, and third in details of relative arrangement and construction. Y

The tendency of the oil carried up by a loose lubricating ring especially if running at high speed is to creep around on the back of the ring and either be thrown off by "centrifugal force or else be carried 011 over the shaft and thus have no part in the lubrication of the hearing. If the inner surface of such a ring is fiat it presents so much area of contact on the shaft that if the shaft has a high surface speed the ring refuses to follow. Again if the outer surface of the ring be rounded, the tendency is to increase the trouble due to the oil cree ing up on the back of the ring and flying O by centrifugal force.

We therefore make the ring accordin to our invention of hollow section with e ges which are quite narrow bearing on the shaft. The weight of thefring on these thinedges tact with the shaft and makes it follow with nliluch higher speed than would otherwise be t e case;

the ring fills with oil which is prevented from flowing out sidewise from the action ofthe.

centrifugal force, by th thin bearing edges-of the ring.

Specification of Letters Patent. V

Application filed March 26. 1907. Serial No. 364,379.

pushes the edges through the oil and into con Then the hollow inner surface of Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

Ilessen the action of centrifugal force on the oil and, second, to permit us to lay across the ring a in or roller which lies p arallelwith the sha t. As the ring rolls on the shaft this pin or roller in turn rolls on the back of the ring and pushes off the oil which is brought up on the back of the ring and puts it in position to be distributed through the oil channels provided in the bearing shell or brass. The roller in practice bears against the far side of the groove in which it is confined loosely and resses the oil into the channel said pin or roller. The roller has room for a sllght endwise motion, and 1s not confined in struotion of the brass and bearing 'cover is such that while the roller is perfectly free yet it cannot get out of lace.

7 Our invention wil be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters figures and wherein,

F'gure 1 is a central longitudinal section on line 1-1 of Fig. 2 of the exhaust end bearing of a steam turbine with our improved lubricating device applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line 2-2 of Fig. l. i 1 designates the bearing case, the lower part thereof bein formed to constitute an oil reservoir or We a cover 2 is fitted to said case b bolts 3, and the shaft 4 passes throng suitable apertures in the upper part of the case. The shaft 4 is adapts to have bearing and rotate in the bearing shell 5, which shell is mounted and supported in case and spaced apart to permit the oiling ring to operatebetween them; as will be seen the shell is partially cut away at its upper side. 4 7 is the oiling rin the same being of a size to rest on to of the shaft and have its lower part exten to the lower part of the whereby the surface left as bearings u on the shaft consists of relatively thin. e ges or flanges.

' 8 designates a pin or roller the same being loosel mounted in a suitable recess above any direction except as it rests by its owrr weight on the back of the oil ring. The con-1g} the ring and transversely of the same" diparallel to tie shaft, which'is provided for are used to designate the same parts in both I bridges 6, 6, said bridges projecting from the oil reservoir. 'Such ring as shown is apro vided w th, an inner annular recessor groove rectly over the shaft. Said pin is free to aditself vertically by gravity and will 'lhe roller 8 may be made of brass or steel or other suitable metal and this element may be variously modified and still come within the. scope of our invention. For example, a groove might be turned in the pin where it bears on the ring for the purpose of more efficiently pushing off the oil and to guide or direct the motion of the ring or the ends of the pin may be turned down to a conical poi it so as to bear lightly and .without appreciable friction on the ends of the within saidsupport, a shaft bearing carried by said bridges, an oiling ring adapted to rest upon and be actuated by the shaft said ring "slot. The oiling ring will be held within the limits of its proper play by the bridges 6, (i,

' and as before explained its design is such as to cause it to convey a maximum amount of lubricant to the top of the shaft especially when the shaft is running at very high speed.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:-'

- 1. A lubricating bearing comprising a support, an oil reservoir therein, spaced bridges within said support, a shaft bearing carried by said bridges, an oiling member adapted to rest upon and be actuated by the shaft, said oiling member being guided between therein, a shaft having a bearing in said support, an oiling member adapted to rest upon and be actuated by the shaft, said member, having a flat periphery and a self adjustable,

roller adapted to contact with the periphery of said oiling member over the shaft.

3. A device of the class described comprising a shaft, a bearing support therefor,

an oil reservoir, an oiling ring adapted to rest.

upon and be actuated by said shaft said ring 55 surface and a self adjustable roller mounted having an inner channel andan outer fiat over the shaft and adapted to contact with the periphery of the ring.

4.-.- A lubricating bearing comprising a support, an oil reservoir therein, spaced bridges being guided between said bridges and having a channel formed on the inside thereof, and a self adjustable roller arranged over the shaft and adapted to contact with the peripheryof said ring.

In testimony whereof we all'ixour signat-u res in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE L. BASCOME. CHARLES V. K ERR.

Witnesses ALFRED S. MoCLURn', EDw. RATIIBUN. 

